Improvement in stands for ice-pitchers



T- LBACH. Standvfor Ice-Pitchers.

No. 220,393. Patented OCT. 7,1879.

WITNBSSBS: INVENTOR gf, 72 m ATTORNEYS.

N- PETERS. PHOTOJITHOGRAPHER. WASmNGToN. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS LEAOH, OFVTAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO REED & BARTON, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN STANDS FOR ICE-PITCHERS.

Specification forming'part of Letters Patent No. 220,393, dated October 7, 1879; application filed July 17, 1879.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS LEAOH, of Taunton, in the countyT of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Stand for Ice-Pitchers; and I do hereby declare that the Vfollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specitication, in which- Figure lis a lvertical section of the stand, showing the pitcher in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an underneath or inverted plan view of t-he stand. Fig. 3 is a perspective view, showing a modification of my invention.

My invention relates to certain improvements in tilt-ing stands for ice-pitchers; and 1t consists chiefly in a stand having an elevated support for the tilting pitcher, which stand is constructed with an opening in its surface and a subjacent drawer adapted to catch the drip from the pitcher.

The invention also consists in forming the handle for the drawer in such shape as to make it either a support for the goblet or a receptacle into which the waste-water from the goblet may be poured, and whence it passes into the drawer.

The invention also further consists in the means for holding and guiding the drawer to its place, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings,A represents the basel"l of the stand, which, as shown, is made of rectangular shape, but which may be round, octagonal, or other desired shape. Said base is supported upon legs a, located at its four corners, but may be made of sufficient depth to dispense with the same.

Upon suitable ornamental supports there is arranged in elevated position above this base the segmental rim B, to the straight edge of which is hinged a circular tilting seat, C, adapted to receive the pitcher. Just beneath this seat the base is provided with a circular opening, whose edge is ornamented by an annular projecting crest-work, b.

The base of the stand is `provided upon three of its sides with a downwardly-projecting skirt, c, while one of its sides is left open to permit a light metal drawer, D, to be slid under the same. This drawer is open at the top, and serves to catch the drip which falls Vfrom the pitcher above through the hole in the stand.

In forming said drawer I construct upon its front edge a handle, E, which is made in circular form, with a closed bottom and a lip, d, so that it fultills the function of a handle in inserting or removing the drawer, and also forms a support for the goblet and a recepta cle into which the waste-water from the goblet may be poured, the said receptacle having communication with the drawer, so that the water may flow into the drawer therefrom. For guiding the drawer into place and sustaining it when in position, anges e e are formed upon the upper edges ot' the drawer,

' which enter guideways upon the lower side of the base, while an elongated friction-roller, F, revolves upon a central stem tixed to the legs of the base, and supports the bottom of the drawer.

It is obvious that my invention is equally applicable to coffee-urns and analogous devices.

As a modification of the invention I may employ a trunnion-support for the pitcher instead of a tilting seat, and may also use independent supports for the goblets, as shown in Fig. 3, in which case the handle for the drawer, fulfills only the double function of a handle, and a receptacle into which the wastewater is poured.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. A stand for an ice-pitcher having a cen tral openiu g, combined with a suhj acent drawer, substantially as described.

2; A stand for an ice-pitcher having an ele.- vated support for the tilting pitcher, and an opening beneath the same, in combination with a subjacent drawer adapted to catch the drip, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the stand of an ice-pitcher or analogous receptacle, of a subjacent drawer having a projecting receptacle for containing the goblet, and forming a han' 5. The drawer having side flanges, e e, and dle for manipulating said drawer, substanthe stand having guides and an elongated tially as described. friction-roller, F, combined with each other,

4. The combination, with the stand of an substantially as shown and described. ice-pitcher, of a subjacent drawer having a projectingreceptacle communicating therewith, and forming a handle for the drawer, W'itnesses: and a conduit to the drawer for the waste-wn- JEREMY B. BENNETT, ter of the goblet, as described. F. E. FISKE.

THOMAS LEACH. 

